- 2017. Critical conservation issues and adaptive management of imperiled herpetofauna in Illinois. Co-investigated with Dr. C. A. Phillips, A. R. Kuhns, Dr. J. A. Crawford, Dr. J. K. Warner, and E. J. Kessler.
- 2015. Eastern Massasauga conservation through refined modeling, habitat management, and species detection. Co-investigated with the Michigan Department of Natural Resource, Illinois Department of Natural Resources, Dr. C. A. Phillips and S. J. Baker-Wylie.
- 2014. Recovery of the Alligator Snapping Turtle (Macrochelys temminckii) in the Mississippi River Valley Drainages of Southern Illinois, Oklahoma & Louisiana. Co-investigated with S. Ballard (IL), Dr. D. Ligon, (MO) and Dr. J. L. Carr (LA).
- 2013. Ecology of the Smooth Softshell in the Kaskaskia River: implications for managing flows in an altered system. Co–investigated with R. Bluett.